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"The system just quit working (at about noon)," said Sunny Patel, manager at Tomboy Market in the Cass Corridor. "I called and they said the system is down everywhere. They said they're working to fix it, although they didn't give us a time. This happens a few times a year, but they usually fix it quicker. It's taking a long time today.
"The majority of our customers use (the system), so there's nobody here," Patel said.
Metro Foodland on Grand River near Southfield in northwest Detroit is also empty, store manager Charlonda Love said.
"In our neighborhood the majority of our customers use the Bridge Card, so we've been pretty much empty," she said.
Rep. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, who chairs the House Transportation Committee, last year co-sponsored a bill that would have banned red light cameras. This year, he sponsored a bill that would have brought red light cameras to traffic intersections across the state.
However, Rep. Schmidt said he has chosen not to move the red light authorization bill forward because of concerns he says he now has about traffic cameras and privacy issues.
Manufacturers of red light cameras have a reputation for heavy lobbying in state capitols. It is not clear if sponsors of the bill have received any campaign support from red light camera manufacturers. Contributions do not have to be reported until the end of the year in an off-election year, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's office.
Traverse City and Traverse County have been under financial pressure from unfunded pension liabilities, and revenue from red light cameras could provide some relief. However, Traverse City Manager Jered Ottenwess said he is not aware of any interest in installing the cameras.
All but one of the eight co-sponsors on the red light camera bill are Democrats from the Detroit area.
I suppose it's not a good day to be a Show Pony in the 104th with further political aspirations.
April 25, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Rutledge, Irwin, Geiss, Faris, Stallworth, Tlaib, Townsend, Lipton, Hovey-Wright, Ananich and Switalski and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
(a) A transaction or a portion of a transaction if the transferee or purchaser is the spouse, DOMESTIC PARTNER, mother, father, brother, sister, child, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, grandparent, grandchild, legal ward, or a legally appointed guardian with a certified letter of guardianship, of the transferor. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "DOMESTIC PARTNER" MEANS A PERSON, OTHER THAN A SPOUSE, WITH WHOM THE TRANSFEROR OR PURCHASER COHABITS.
